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Charlotte Ashley

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28 Feb

I tell myself each week,”you need to do a blog post”… I promise I do! I then convince myself that I don’t have a thing to blog about but random stuff and so I don’t do it. But this week is different. Let’s see how random I can be?!?!

I’m headed to the PapertoPrint workshop in Nashville, TN this weekend with my friend and fellow photoggie HMK. Totally stoked! :0)

Gus FINALLY said mama this week 🙂 Well it was actually something like this, “ma ma ma ma ma ma ma” as he was crying. That counts right? AND he slept through the night for the first time Thurs. night, but went right back to the same routine Friday night. lol. AND he turned 8 mths old Friday 🙁 HOLY cow. This can’t be. I have an 8 mth old! This truly has been the best 8 mths of my life. I never imagined having a child around could be so rewarding; seriously. He makes me smile constantly!

I can’t remember if I blogged about my interview with Carrie Workman :/ eek. Yeah, I had a wonderful meeting with her right about the time we were in transition from TN to SC so everything has run together in my mind. She is da bomb 🙂 She has two precious little girls, a home studio, and runs a successful photography business (with employees, interns, etc.), all while maintaining her sanity 🙂 I admire this in her. I don’t want to miss out on my little man’s babyhood so after the year mark, I plan to get down and dirty with my biz.

I’m ready for Spring! Loved the snow, but I’m ready for some flowers.

It’s tax season and I’m scared. When do I have time to find an accountant? First I have to file all my papers, figure out my expenses, and find all my personal papers to file which are in a box somewhere still from the move. OH my.

I am blessed in that the months of April, May, and June are totally booked… and with weddings. Woohoo. I love photographing weddings, but they scare me to death at the same time. So… my first bridal shoot is coming March 13 on Clemson University’s campus! You all KNOW I’m excited about that one! 🙂 Booked and thankful, but stressing already. Why Charlotte, why?

Discovered my little Gus won’t take a bottle anymore. EEK. What to do? What to do? This is not a good situation being that he will have to stay with the grandparents on the weekends I am photographing weddings. I like things all natural; guess he does too! LOL We are working on this.

To add to the randomness… here’s a little photo of Gus man 🙂

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  1. hmk says

    March 1, 2010 at 12:06 pm

    Totally understand the blog thing. Right now, I'm getting a blog make-over so hopefully after I get it made over. I can at least blog 2 or 3 times a week.

    Wow!! You are booking up a storm!!! Yay!

    Savana used to cry "ma ma ma ma ma" too! Now at 13 months old she is jibbering away!

    Can't wait to head to Nashville with you!! Totally stoked! It's going to be so much fun.

    Savana has one of those little doggies. Her's is Violet and I know all the songs by heart!! I want a dog, please it's my favorite animal. I want it to be purple, please it's my favorite color. I could go on, but I won't!

    J finally gets out of the Barney stage into something a little more hip hop and then I get to do Barney all over again! :o)

    TTYL

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There at the start
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God of creation
There at the start
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Sixteen years of being this amazing child’s mother. I can’t believe we are here. Today he wanted to spend his day eating barbecue and scouring graveyards for confederate graves. 😳 (I have never?! 🤣) But that’s our Gus! He’s easy-going, tender-hearted, and doesn’t hurry for anything. He loves old, classic country and rock music, and prefers to listen to them from CASSETTE TAPES. 🫠 He loves old soda bottles- the Mountain Dew bottle (from EBay) with his name on it was his only birthday gift request. 🥹 He wants an old truck one day. His favorite shows are Andy Griffith and The Beverly Hillbillies. His biggest desire right now is to be a part of a civil war reenactment because history is his absolute favorite! As a friend said, “he’s a million years old at heart”, and he is helping me appreciate things in life I would typically have just blown right past! SO thankful God has afforded us the privilege of being a part of raising this young man. 🙏

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I have never, until today during our Latin translations, even WONDERED what ‘alma mater’ means, or the origin of the words. Have you?? It means ‘nurturing mother’ in Latin, which makes so much sense now. 🥴 Why are we conditioned to refer to state institutions as our nurturing mother? 🧐

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Found my first ever digital photo files. 😳 Gah,
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